#B38243#B38243

#B38243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38243
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 12.11, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 42.65, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0323 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.1 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5878, 25.9563, 8.8662)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38243 #4374B3

analogous

#B34A43 #B38243 #ACB343

triadic

#B38243 #43B382 #8243B3

tetradic

#B38243 #43B34A #4374B3 #B343AC

square

#B38243 #43B34A #4374B3 #B343AC

split-complementary

#B38243 #43ACB3 #4A43B3

monochromatic

#5A4122 #866232 #B38243 #C89F6B #D8BC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B38243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B38243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38243

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38243	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93853D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda679',
    500: '#b38243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38243;
$custom-light: #cda679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64236,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38243

secondary

#8DA5C4

accent

#8CD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38243

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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